Project Manager Assistant

SHAGHAYEGH (“Sheraye”) ESFANDYARI

310-***-**** *******.*@*****.*** www.sheraye.com

EDUCATION:

**** ********* ******* ** ******** ARTS Stockholm, SWEDEN Master of Fine Arts Degree (MFA) in Performing Arts. 2006 SONGWRITERS ACADEMY Ornskoldsvik, SWEDEN

Higher Vocational Education Degree.

WORK

EXPERIENCE

2012 – Present SANTA MONICA COLLEGE, Adjunct Professor Santa Monica, CA

Teaching of Acting I course, concentrating on the Stanislavsky technique and scene performance as well as directing and blocking.

Responsible for training up to 35 students per class.

● Advisor for the Improv Club.

● Created collaborations with the Film Department and the Fashion Department. 2014-Present TEAM PRIME TIME, Arts Specialist and Site Director West LA, CA

After school program for Middle School students.

Teaching guitar, song writing, fine arts and dance.

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2012-Present COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS, Guest Choreographer Santa Clarita, CA

Choreographer for the COC dance company’s annual winter show. 2013-2011 SPARK, Mentor West LA, CA

Mentored At risk students at John Adams Middle School to create and perform a show at Discovery Night for teachers, parents and peers.

2013 BRAIN MAPPING FOUNDATION, West LA, CA

Associate Director of Development

Planning, coordinating events, holding phone conferences with Biotech companies, writing funding proposals, improving the website, networking.

2011-2012 SPIRITUS MUNDI, Project Leader & Creative Director SWE, DEN, NOR

Created a theater program and stage production for and with the participation of teenagers at the Helsingborg City Theater.

Taught students dance, acting and music writing.

Supervised 8 pedagogues and more than 80 teenagers.

Created and edited marketing and promotional material.

Oversaw all aspects of production from budgeting to execution.

Directed plays at the Helsingborg City Theater, Union Scene in Norway, and Den Sorte Diamant in Copenhagen. Project leader over teachers and students in Sweden and in charge while traveling.

2010-2011 ROYAL DRAMATIC THEATER OF SWEDEN, Director Stockholm, SWEDEN

Directed a modernized version of Federico García Lorca’s “Yerma”.

Coordinated musicians, actors, and stage design. 2009 SPIRITUS MUNDI, Pedagogue Stockholm, SWEDEN

Taught 60 teenagers to write music for the high school musical Nina Glitter Show as well as on how to perform.

2008 STINKFOOT the showcase, Director Bristol, UK

Directed West End performers on their performance and their positioning.

Lighting designer.

2006 UNIVERSAL PUBLISHING & FREEDOM MANAGEMENT, London, UK

Management Assistant

Assisted in A&R management.

Worked with producers and the talent scouts in the recruiting division. 2005 THE ROYAL DRAMATIC THEATER, Director’s Assistant Stockholm, SWEDEN

Created the schedule, kept track of the artistic process and gave artistic feedback to the director.

Record taking and meeting minute writing.

1999-2014 THEATRE, TV/FILM, Actor SWE, US, CAN,

As Yasmin in the mini drama series Kungamordet directed by Emmy nominated Kathrine Windfelt for SVT (performed with Marie Richardsson from Eyes Wide Shut).

As Fatima in the mini drama series Golden Brown Eyes directed by Hylander & Guessens for SVT (performed with Alexander Skarsgård from True Blood and Fares Fares from Zero Dark Thirty).

As Antigone in Death in Thebes directed by Annika Silkeberg at the Royal Dramatic Theatre of Sweden. As Johnna Monevata in August: Osage County directed by Stefan Larsson at the RDT.

Performed the monologue Okenblomma at The RDT, directed by Annika Silkeberg.

As Aisha in Etnoporr at Teater tribunalen and toured around Sweden, directed by Mellika Melani.

Dancer in The Sultan’s Dilemma directed by Ingmar Bergman’s daughter Eva Bergman at the RDT.

As Semeshka with the touring company Workshop -79 around the US and Canada, directed by Houshang Touzie. (Performed with the Oscar nominated Shohreh Aghdashloo.)

As Sonam in the musical Tibet at Santa Monica College, directed by Adrianne Harrop.

Performed the monologue Disgraceful Veils at Santa Monica College, directed by Adrianne Harrop.

* More of my work is listed on my website.

OTHER SKILLS

DANCE:

Flamenco, Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Oriental, West African, Ballroom. MUSIC:

Guitar, Piano, Singing, Songwriting.

PUBLIC SPEAKING:

Chosen member of the Democratic Exchange Forum (DXF) to speak for the international ECCAR-board group, initiated by UNESCO.

Chosen to present a plan for peace to Hannah Rosenthal from the Obama Administration at the City Hall in Malmö.

Guest speaker on various debate programs and interviews on Swedish television (SVT) and various Swedish newspapers.

Panel speaker after performances at Theater Tribunalen and Santa Monica College. AWARDS:

Anders Sandrews Scholarship, Sweden, 2011.

Best voice Prize, 4Sounds/Universal Publishing, Sweden, 2008. Leonardo da Vinci Scholarship, European Union, 2006. Meritorious Achievement Award and Best of Actors Award and Irene Ryan nominee, The Kennedy Center, DC, 2001.

SOFTWARE:

Microsoft Word, Excel, Prezi, WordPress, Graphic Design, Final Cut, Logic. LANGUAGES:

Fluent: English, Swedish and Farsi.

Beginner: French and Spanish.

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